Security tightened at Kausambi station for Arvind Kejriwal's visit

GHAZIABAD: AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday boarded the metro from Kaushambi Station here to take oath as Delhi Chief Minister at the Ramlila Maidan in the national capital as hundreds of people jostled with each other to board the train with him.

There was no place to stand in the Metro premises and people were falling over each other as Kejriwal arrived to board the train. The AAP leader will get off the train at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station from he will take another metro to reach Ramlila Maidan.

Additional CISF security personnel and UP personnel were deployed at the station.

CISF officials had earlier said that some of its personnel will also travel in the coach with Kejriwal to guard him.

Kejriwal had said yesterday that he will take the metro to Ramlila Maidan to take oath as the Delhi Chief Minister.

Before boarding the train, Kejriwal said, "It is a beginning. The second fight for independence. Till this country gets freedom from corruption, famine and injustice, this fight will continue. It is the victory of the common man," Kejriwal said.

"Action will start immediately after we take oath," he said.

Earlier, hundreds of AAP supporters gathered at Kejriwal's residence in Kaushambi to greet him along with a group from his native village in Haryana's Bhiwani district.

Kejriwal's cabinet colleague Manish Sisodia was at the station along with his wife Seema Sisodia and their 12-year-old son Mir.

"I am happy, it is a historic moment for us and I am confident that he (Kejriwal) will perform his responsibilities well," said Seema.

Sisodia's farther Dharampal Singh, an ex-serviceman, and currently a teacher will also attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Apart from Kejriwal, his farther Govind Ram Kejriwal, mother Geeta Devi, wife Sunita, daughter Harshita and son Pulkit would also witness the ceremony.

Some of the people who had gathered at Kejriwal's residence had got bouquets shaped like AAP's symbol broom. One of the onlookers gathered at the scene was dressed like a groom.